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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Apr 2014
Defence Reform Bill

"There is no doubt that there has been an improvement, but what the Minister and the House must do, as the hon. Member for Canterbury (Mr Brazier) said, is keep on top of it. There is institutional resistance to that change and we must recognise that. If we want it …..."
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Written Question
Ocrelizumab
Monday 28th April 2014

Asked by: Bob Ainsworth (Labour - Coventry North East)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) associated costs and (b) utility of the Trident Alternatives Review.

Answered by Lord Hammond of Runnymede

I have made no such assessment.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Mar 2014
Nuclear Submarines

"Can I say to the Secretary of State that the fact that some people may react in an irresponsible way is a reason to be more open on this issue, not a reason to be less open—as he appeared to suggest in his reply to my hon. Friend the Member …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2014
Afghanistan

"Further to the question from the Chairman of the Defence Committee, much of the logistical support and leadership of the Afghan insurgency remains across the border in Pakistan. Does the Secretary of State agree that the opportunity for a real settlement would be vastly improved if the Pakistanis were prepared …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Dec 2013
Defence Procurement

"The part of Bernard Gray’s report with which the previous Government, who commissioned it, had the most difficulty was that concerned with the GoCo company, because at that stage we could not see how it could be made to work. The process that the right hon. Gentleman has been through …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Defence Reform Bill

"I offer profound congratulations to the hon. Member for Canterbury (Mr Brazier), not just for the concession he has achieved today but for the formidable way he has pursued this issue over the years. He harassed me when I was in office—I perhaps remember that with a fondness I never …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Defence Reform Bill

"The effect can and should be that this House is enormously interested in the development of the Reserves and wants to see their capability properly developed and scrutinised—and no more than that. That should be the message, and I do not think there is anybody in the House who is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Defence Reform Bill

"The new clause calls for a pause in certain circumstances, if the House has not been persuaded. To me, it gives time scales that are perfectly achievable, so I reject what the hon. Gentleman says...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Defence Reform Bill

"The growth of the reserve element in all the services has huge potential benefits, such as a connection with the population at large that the small regular armed forces that we inevitably have today and will have tomorrow can never achieve on its own. Equally, as other Members have said, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Defence Reform Bill

"I totally accept that. I like to study history and I know that after conflicts, the services—generally the Army more than the other services, but those, too—have generally been decimated in times of peace, only to have to be regenerated in times of danger thereafter. So I am not trying …..."
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